Recent content by naterq

glad to know it's not just me! :)

thanks for the replies. Here's the update: - orange/black clown continued to look terrible...skinny, panting, and listing from time to time - bagged him up and took him back to LFS...they offered to "babysit" him for a bit; didn't think he had ich...no white spots visible, although I could...

Isn't ich sort of the end of the world for my new little tank? Will my other fish end up with it? Crabs, snails, corals?

Unfortunately I didn't know enough to test for ammonia and nitrites during the 2 weeks I've had the fish. I was testing for ph, SG, and watching temp. The "take water to LFS" was my only insight into ammonia. I think your theory of ammonia poisoning during that first week I had the fish is a...

Thanks very much for your reply. Fish have been in there for about 2 weeks. On the cycle question, I didn't test for ammonia levels. I took water into my local aquarium shop. First time I took water in she said "not ready". Next time she said "OK". I'm obviously going to ask a few more...

Hi there. First off, I'm a complete noob. 20 gallon reef tank is my first SW tank. Have done my best to follow instructions from local aquarium shop.... 20 lbs of live rock. 30 lbs live sand. cycled tank for 2-3 weeks before adding fish/inverts/corals. filter is a "skilter" model. seems...